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Why doextension/addin icons dissapear with Win 10 o/s how to fix

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Just upgraded to win 10 pro. Installed No Scrip, Privacy badger, etc. Icons appeared then vanished. Deleted and reinstalled FF. Repeated problem What's the fix?

Just upgraded to win 10 pro. Installed No Scrip, Privacy badger, etc. Icons appeared then vanished. Deleted and reinstalled FF. Repeated problem What's the fix?

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It’s possible that there is a problem with the file(s) that store the extensions registry.

Type about:support in the address bar and press enter.

Under the page logo on the left side, you will see Application Basics. Under this find Profile Folder. To its right press the button Show Folder. This will open your file browser to the current Firefox profile. Now Close Firefox.

Windows: Show Folder; Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder

Linux: Under the page logo on the left side, you will see Application Basics. Under this find Profile Directory. To its right press the button Open Directory.

Delete all extensions* files and compatibility.ini in the Firefox profile folder to reset the extensions registry.

New files will be created when required.

After, restart Firefox.

See "Corrupt extension files":

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